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Will AI replace anthropology and archeology teachers?

Anthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary. US occupation 25-1061.

2.4%

of the time anthropology and archeology teachers spend on their work goes on tasks where AI is already being used to do that work.of anthropology and archeology teachers' working hours go on tasks AI has already started taking off their plate.

Ranked 310 of 756 US occupations. More exposed than 58% of them.Further along than 58% of them.

Average US job 7.7%

Around the middle of the pack.Keeping pace with the average job.

What AI already does for anthropology and archeology teachersWhat anthropology and archeology teachers no longer do alone

O*NET lists 26 tasks for anthropology and archeology teachers. AI use at work shows up in 11 of them. Each score runs from 0.5, where every observed use helps a person with the task, to 1, where every use does the task outright.

  1. Advise students on academic and vocational curricula, career issues, and laboratory and field research.Core task mostly automated 1.00
  2. Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.Core task mostly automated 0.95
  3. Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.Core task mostly automated 0.91
  4. Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and present findings in professional journals, books, electronic media, or at professional conferences.Core task mostly automated 0.90
  5. Compile bibliographies of specialized materials for outside reading assignments. mostly automated 0.90
  6. Participate in student recruitment, registration, and placement activities.Core task mostly automated 0.89
  7. Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, and course materials and methods of instruction.Core task automated and assisted 0.78
  8. Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as research methods, urban anthropology, and language and culture.Core task automated and assisted 0.72
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  1. Review manuscripts for publication in books and professional journals.Core task automated and assisted 0.72
  2. Provide professional consulting services to government or industry. automated and assisted 0.71
  3. Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.Core task mostly assisting 0.50

What it does not touch, yetWhat still needs a human

15 of the 26 tasks show no AI use at work in the data.

  • Act as advisers to student organizations.Core task
  • Collaborate with colleagues to address teaching and research issues.Core task
  • Conduct ethnographic field research.Core task
  • Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.Core task
  • Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students.Core task
  • Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.Core task
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  • Participate in campus and community events.Core task
  • Perform administrative duties, such as serving as department head.Core task
  • Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.Core task
  • Select and obtain materials and supplies, such as textbooks and laboratory equipment.Core task
  • Serve on academic or administrative committees that deal with institutional policies, departmental matters, and academic issues.Core task
  • Supervise students' laboratory or field work.Core task
  • Supervise undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work.Core task
  • Write grant proposals to procure external research funding and review others' grant proposals.Core task
  • Write letters of recommendation for students.Core task

How that compares

Among the 57 education and library occupations, anthropology and archeology teachers rank 35. The group averages 12.9%, and its most exposed job is Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary at 43.1%. The average US occupation sits at 7.7%.

All 756 occupations, ranked

Just above in the ranking

  1. 304Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents 2.8%
  2. 308Power Plant Operators 2.6%
  3. 308Special Education Teachers, All Other 2.6%

Just below

  1. 313Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary 2.3%
  2. 313Tellers 2.3%
  3. 315Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators 2.2%

What this does and does not mean

Exposure is observed use, not a forecast. Anthropic maps work conversations with Claude onto the tasks O*NET lists for each job and asks, of the tasks AI could speed up, which are actually being used for at work. A use that does the task outright counts in full and a use that assists a person counts half. The task scores are averaged into the occupation figure by the share of time spent on each task.

A high figure means AI is already part of how this work gets done. It does not mean anyone has been replaced. Anthropic's own reading of the labour market finds no systematic rise in unemployment among exposed workers so far, and about 14% fewer 22 to 25 year olds starting exposed jobs.No measurable rise in unemployment among exposed workers so far, and about 14% fewer 22 to 25 year olds starting these jobs. Gap years for everyone. Labor market impacts, 5 March 2026.

Task list and titles from O*NET 31.0 by the US Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. Scores from the Anthropic Economic Index (CC BY). Checked 1 November 2026. How the ranking works.